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A 2nd Chernobyl

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A 2nd Chernobyl
An overview of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, Ukraine, on Aug. 7, 2022. Planet Labs PBC/Handout via Reuters
Patricia Adams
Lawrence Solomon
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Ukraine, the scene of the Chernobyl nuclear plant catastrophe in 1986, may soon provide an encore, only this time it won’t be an accident. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power complex, Europe’s largest, has been bombarded by artillery, rockets, and drones during the Russia–Ukraine War.

Patricia Adams is an economist and president of the Energy Probe Research Foundation and Probe International, an independent think tank in Canada and around the world. She is the publisher of internet news services Three Gorges Probe and Odious Debts Online and the author or editor of numerous books. Her books and articles have been translated into Chinese, Spanish, Bengali, Japanese, and Bahasa Indonesia. She can be reached at [email protected]
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